Education Specialist; Mild-Moderate Teacher Pool; SY

Education Specialist (Mild-Moderate) Teacher Pool (26-27SY)

Base pay range: $71,000.00 – $ per year. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Lighthouse Community Public Schools is engaged in an educational movement that goes beyond classrooms, working to disrupt inequities and provide students and families with exceptional educational opportunities every day. Founded in 2002, LCPS operates two high‑achieving TK‑12 public charter schools serving over 1,600 students in East Oakland. Our mission is to prepare diverse students for college, a career of their choice, and to empower them as lifelong changemakers.

We are looking for talented Education Specialist (Mild‑Moderate) teachers to join our team, committed to ensuring that traditionally underserved students of color achieve our mission of completing college, securing a career of their choice, and becoming lifelong changemakers in their communities.

• Be an anti‑racist educator committed to educational justice, evidenced by pursuing high academic outcomes, respectful relationships, well‑planned instruction, rigorous assessment, and opportunities for students to revise and refine their work.
• Facilitate cognitively engaging, student‑centered learning.
• Demonstrate a strong belief in and ability to create, collect, and analyze achievement data to drive student learning and outcomes.
• Be a strong community builder and team collaborator.
• Model and foster a growth mindset with agency, persistence, and flexibility.
• Be a collaborative and responsible professional educator.

• Maintain a high level of rigor for students with disabilities to ensure equitable access to common core state standards and/or alternate curriculum standards.
• Ensure students are at the center of their own learning and deeply engaged in ways that foster agency, self‑direction, and independence.
• Regularly collaborate with specialists, outside providers, and general education teachers for data review, IEP implementation, co‑planning, and/or co‑teaching.
• Oversee, teach, and implement a student’s behavior intervention plan, gathering and analyzing relevant data.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and its influence on our special education program and daily responsibilities.
• Facilitate IEP meetings and ensure IEPs are designed for educational benefit.
• Create and maintain notifications, records, files, and reports as required by federal, state, and SELPA regulations.
• Provide daily oversight of paraprofessional support, including staff scheduling and implementation of IEP services.
• Communicate frequently with caregivers to keep them informed of their child’s progress and involve them in educational planning.
• Administer standardized academic assessments, write reports, and share information at IEP meetings.
• Utilize and analyze student–engaged assessments to address areas of growth and mastery of learning objectives and IEP goals.
• Grow and contribute as an educator, colleague, learner, and community member, engaging in professional development and personal growth.
• If teaching high school, coordinate the development and implementation of a student’s Individualized Transition Plan.
• Additional duties as assigned by Supervisor.

• B.A. or B.S., required.
• Appropriate California Teaching Credential or commitment and verified ability to acquire one.
• Valid Certificate of Clearance verifying professional fitness for all CA teachers of record, required.
• Knowledge of California Common Core State Standards, student‑centered, mastery‑based learning, curriculum planning, and data analysis (preferred).
• 2+ years teaching urban youth with transformational results (preferred).
• Familiarity navigating educational platforms.
• Experience teaching in a progressive school model.
• Bilingual in Spanish (preferred).

• Loud environments such as cafeterias, playgrounds, classrooms, and large professional settings.
• Indoor/Outdoor adaptability to all weather conditions related to outdoor activities and/or travel to field trips and…